Chapter 757: So-called nobility

When returning to the manor, Geralt's partners were surprised and surprised to see Geralt, Leo, and Sylvia walking in from outside the manor.
Later, after they heard Geralt say it again, if they all felt something gloomy, the veteran Regil and Dandrian suggested that they should stop it, and they should not continue to investigate. However, others believe that the investigation should continue until the truth is discovered.
　　Regarding the disagreement between Geralt and his partner, Leo and Sylvia were not prepared to participate. They returned to their room, took off their armor, and put it on the armor shelf found in the manor.
　　 "Do you think this is an enemy, or did you make it yourself?" Sylvia asked for a cloth, wiping the armor carefully.
　　 Leo quickly gave an answer and said, "I myself."
　　 "I think so too." Sylvia nodded and asked again: "When did you feel something was wrong?"
"The formula of new wine." Leo Shensheng said: "Although I don't know much about winemaking, I also know that the brewing of a new wine requires not only a new recipe, but also new brewing materials and a new brewing environment. So the Earl of Britta has already planned to abandon here. Since he has already planned to abandon here, why would he be willing to spend a lot of money on the recruitment task, just to solve the problem here, and sell it for a good price? I don’t think it is very similar , I always feel that there are some abnormalities, but these are just speculations, so I did not tell you at that time."
"Same as I thought! I was also in doubt at that time." Sylvia took the dragon hunting gun out of the box and wiped it, and said, "I have tasted the wine brewed in this manor. Judging from the dust accumulated on the barrel, it should be a finished wine that has been brewed, and there are more than one barrel of such wine. No matter whether this winery can produce good wine in the past, but this winery should no longer be able to brew good wine. Alcohol. This should be the main reason Count Britta intended to give up here, and it is not a temporary idea, it should be brewing for a long time."
Leo nodded in agreement with Sylvia’s analysis, and recalled the various information collected before walking around the edge of the plantation, saying: "The land here is related to the land inside the plantation compared to the land outside. The activity is much less, which also affects the grapes grown here."
"I only know the request, I don't know the maintenance, the earth will naturally abandon it." Sylvia has his own plantation in Porto and he knows the importance of the land to the plantation. When he heard Leo's words, he immediately understood what's going on.
At this time, Leo hesitated a little and said, "However, I can't figure out why I want to kill so many people? Just to sell the plantation? Even if he doesn't kill, he should be able to sell this plantation. ?"
"It's very simple, in order to be able to sell a high price." Sylvia pondered a little, and said: "If he just sells the plantation like this, I am afraid that the entire Taosent knows that there is a problem with this plantation. Otherwise, why would a big noble want to sell a plantation capable of producing high-quality grapes and making wine? If the funds are tight, the plantation should be mortgaged, and you should be able to borrow enough turnover money, and you don’t need to sell it at all. Some people suspect that problems related to this plantation will be discovered, and eventually this plantation will become worthless, so he needs a suitable and unsuspecting excuse to sell the manor."
　　 Leo was still a little puzzled and asked, "But is it not possible that this manor is more unsellable after such a trouble?"
"Of course not." Sylvia, also of noble origin, read these Taosent's nobility very clearly and explained: "The intelligence we collected before does not mention that this world is a world where monsters often come and go. This is especially true. News of human beings being attacked by monsters is circulating in taverns almost every day, so it is normal to be attacked by monsters here. Although the death of a dozen people will cause some minor problems, as long as the monsters are eliminated, this planting The garden is still a high-quality plantation in the eyes of others." Then she paused and said: "This is probably the reason for his large-scale open recruitment of people to solve the disappearance case. He wants everyone in Tausent to know. The monster here has been solved, and here is still a plantation that can brew wine." At this point, she stopped again, put the wiped gun in her hands carefully back into the box, and continued: "Unfortunately, no matter how good the plan is, there are loopholes. He wants to solve the corpses by using those monsters and bugs, pretending to be the illusion of attacking the workers and eating the workers. But he did not expect to lay eggs after the insects, and the insects returned to the nest to protect the insects. All entrances were sealed, and the corpses piled up at the bottom of the pit like that, and were not eaten by insects."
　　 Leo was silent for a while, and said, "It seems that we may have done nothing this time."
"Not necessarily." Sylvia shook his head slightly and said, "Although Count Britta has some power in the Principality of Towcent, it does not mean that he has no enemies, as long as he sells relevant information and evidence to his enemies. I believe we can also obtain the knight guarantee. In addition, I have heard that the Duchess of the Principality Anna Henriette is a well-known ruler. She certainly does not want one of her nobles to abuse it for the purpose of buying and selling plantations. Scum that kills civilians."
　　 Hearing this, Leo frowned.
　　 "What's wrong?" Sylvia asked when he saw Leo's look.
　　 Leo said in a deep voice: "I was just thinking that the old knight Capello might find a new owner."
Although Leo doesn’t know much about this world, he also knows that it is very difficult for a wandering knight like Capello to find a suitable surrender. If Count Britta has an accident, he can only vote for other nobles, and he Although he was not involved in Count Britta’s affairs, he would also be implicated. I am afraid it would be difficult to find nobles who would accept him.
Although they haven’t been around for long, Sylvia can also feel that the wandering knight Capello is a stereotyped old knight, so he also sighed with Capello’s future and said: "Everyone has his Our own destiny and choice, we are just bystanders."
It’s just that Sylvia didn’t know why Leo frowned, more because he could feel that as he came to this world, the character of the bioman disappeared faster and faster in the past, normal people His feelings and emotions are getting stronger and stronger, and he has always been a bit uncomfortable with this uncontrollable emotion.
On the other side, not only Leo and Sylvia have speculated about the cruel behavior of Count Britta, but Geralt also had doubts, so it is likely that waiting in the manor temporarily will not appear again. When the monster attacked, he also asked Regil and Angullan to investigate the situation of the families of those missing.
　　It seems to him that if the two survivors are going to hide, the first thing they think of is their own home, so as long as they find their home, they will certainly be able to find survivors.
To this end, he and his partner returned to the pit full of corpses and the cave full of corpses of insects, checked the deceased, recorded the deceased's appearance, characteristics and other information to determine the two survivors Identity.
　　During this time, Leo also took the opportunity to ask Geralt about the knowledge of the demon hunter's seal, alchemy, swordsmanship and other monster hunting.
　　 At the beginning, Geralt just exchanged Leo's message with Leo in exchange for the news of Javier.
But soon he found that Leo’s mastery of the knowledge and skills of the demon hunter is unimaginable. Some knowledge and skills that the demon hunter needs to master for more than ten years, Leo only takes a few hours. Mastered, and the proficiency even surpasses those old demon hunters with many years of experience.
　　It is no exaggeration to say that Leo put on the armor of the demon hunter, changed his skin color and pupil suit, then he is a senior demon hunter master.
Leo’s amazing learning ability also attracted Lei Ge’er’s attention. As a blood race, he had never seen it in the past long years, so he was full of curiosity and wanted to see where Leo’s learning limit was. Also joined in.
Although Regill has accumulated a huge amount of knowledge in the course of a long life, compared with Leo, who has been instilled by the federal wisdom brain big data several times, it is obvious that the accumulated knowledge of Regill is nothing, short In a day, Regill had nothing to teach.
After 　　, Leo was in the room, concentrating on studying the books and notes he had obtained before, and sorting out all the new materials in his mind.
Compared to Leo, Sylvia had a very easy time in these two days. During the day, she would find an opportunity to deal with the demon hunter’s companion, and be familiar with the use of spears and sword shields. The information that Guran probed, cleared monsters in the villages and towns near the foot of the Gaogong Mountain, and killed the robbers. In just two days, the reputation of the Knight of Light has spread in Taocente.
　　 This also made Leo want to continue to let Sylvia do this, maybe they don't need to rely on noble guarantees to get the recognition of knighthood.
However, it is clear that time does not allow Leo to accumulate their leisurely reputation. On the third day, Angulan, who was looking for intelligence outside, ran back to the manor and told Geralt that the two suspected survivors had been found. The family is gone, and she mentions that someone is monitoring them.
It turned out that she was just about to come back after exploring the news in a village, but she suddenly thought that she had a question and didn’t ask. The dressed man pressed what she had just said to her.
　　 "Is there any characteristic mark on that mercenary?" Regill asked the panting Angran with a glass of water.
　　Angulan drank a glass of water, wiped his mouth, and recalled: "There seems to be a mark on his clothes. It is a mountain wrapped in red flames."
　　 "Chifeng Mercenary Corps." Regill quickly gave the answer, saying: "This is a mercenary regiment active in the Rivendell Valley."
　　 "Grandpa, have you dealt with them?" Angouran questioned.
"I haven't dealt with, I just heard something about them." Regil nodded and explained to the crowd: "Although the Chifeng mercenary regiment is nominally a mercenary regiment, it is often hired by local lords, and The other lords fought, but in fact, their behavior was no different from that of the bandits. By continuously creating troubles around the surroundings and causing wars, they were then hired by nobles, legally looted, and strengthened themselves. But they did too much again. Heir of a large noble was killed, and the big noble joined forces with several other local nobles to send troops to sieve and suppress the rest."
　　 Cassier also interjected at this time: "I heard about this matter, and there were rumors in Nivelgad at that time. I remember that the person who established this Chifeng mercenary regiment was from the Berkeley family."
　　 "Berkeley family?" Many people were familiar with the name. Dandrion asked with a surprised expression: "Is the Berkeley family that money is moral?"
"Yes, it's him." Cassier nodded, an unnatural expression on his face, and other people's faces also showed similar expressions, as if the Berkeley family was synonymous with aversion~ EbookFREE.me~ At this time, Leo and Sylvia, who are foreigners, were puzzled and asked about the specific situation.
　　 Geralt briefly talked about the Berkeley family.
It turned out that the family motto of the Berkeley family is that money is both moral and as much as there is money, so this family often resorts to means for money and is extremely stingy in using the wealth in their hands, so it is not only in the Nivegarde Empire In the territory, even the name of Berkeley in the northern countries has been equated with greed and stinginess.
"Such a noble family, the Nilfgarde Empire, still allows him to exist?" Sylvia, also a noble family, couldn't help frowning and asking questions, and she also casually looked at the Nilfgarde Empire when asking questions. Cassir, who was born, gave a glance.
Although he knew that Sylvia was not talking about himself, Cassier's face could not help but show shame, but soon he returned to normal, and said: "Now the Berkeley family no longer exists, the Berkeley family After participating in the usurpation incident, after the emperor's ascension to the throne, he has disposed of the Berkeley family, executed all the adult men of the Berkeley family, seized his title, and confiscated his property. Now the Berkeley family has been completely destroyed."
"Humph!" Dandrien sneered, saying, "Your majesty your emperor is probably for the wealth of the Berkeley family! If it were not supported by the wealth of the Berkeley family, your emperor might not have stabilized that fast The domestic situation, summoning troops and invading Sintra."
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